05/02/2014
Taxi Driver (1976)

In Profile: Taxi Driver (1976)

As we celebrate its restoration, Adam Scovell analyses the defining visual moments in Scorsese’s masterpiece — and “You talkin’ to me?” isn’t one of them… Before Martin Scorsese became obsessed with portraying intricate systems...

04/02/2014
David Baddeley, Sein (detail)

Artist of the Month: David Baddeley

We discuss Jimmy Stewart, doodling for fun and getting lucky (!) with emerging graphic illustrator David Baddeley… You may recognise the work of graphic illustrator David Baddeley from Motel, a small grunge/Americana-themed bar on Fleet...

04/02/2014
Dallas Buyers Club -- on general release from Friday

Culture Diary w/c 03-02-2014

What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Tuesday — LAST DAY: Geoff Brokate @ Cornerhouse Bar (Manchester) — FREE Cornerhouse Projects present the...

31/01/2014
Cabinet of Curiosities of Mr. Bonsai

“I burst out laughing at the sight of a lobster arching through the air.” Cabinet of Curiosities

Dodging vegetable masks and flying lobsters, C James Fagan wonders how to describe last night’s live performance by Filippos Tsitsopoulos… In this crazy world of art you discover that there are at least two...

29/01/2014
Hiker Meat, Jamie Shovlin

Jamie Shovlin’s Hiker Meat — Reviewed

Hoaxes, exploitation and monsters: Lauren Velvick explores Jamie Shovlin’s latest exhibition and discovers a pervading sense of giddiness… Jamie Shovlin’s Hiker Meat explores the labour of, and mythology surrounding, low budget or amateur...

28/01/2014
Out of Ice installation shot (image courtesy Julian Abrams)

Out of Ice: Elizabeth Ogilvie

Oli Rahman speaks to an artist intrigued by glacial landscapes, our relationship with water, and the impending “apocalyptic ice melt”… Over the past decade Scottish artist Elizabeth Ogilvie has been exploring the theme of...

27/01/2014
The Reversing Machine @ The Tetley, Wednesday

Culture Diary w/c 27-01-2014

What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Monday – Mogwai (with Support from Mugstar) 7.30pm @ The Bridgewater Hall (Manchester) — £28.50 Mogwai...

27/01/2014
Gordon Matta-Clark, Days End (1975)

The Architecture of Behaviour

C James Fagan considers the impact that artist and architect Gordon Matta-Clark has had on our impressions of the built environment… Not to sound creepy but… have you ever watched people? Especially people in...

24/01/2014
PHILIPPE PARRENO ANYWHERE, ANYWHERE OUT OF THE WORLD

Field Trip: Phillipe Parreno at The Palais de Tokyo, Paris

Emma Palmer leaves Paris and the surprises of The Palais de Tokyo feeling completely dazzled… I was fortunate enough to squeeze in a visit to Paris for the closing weekend of Phillipe Parreno’s gargantuan...